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March 8 , 2006

COMCAST OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND
WASHINGTON HUMANE SOCIETY ENTER PARTNERSHIP

Agreement Aimed at Finding Homes for Shelter Animals, Promoting Responsible Pet Care

Washington, DC - Washington Humane Society and Comcast of the District today announced a partnership through which Comcast will provide nearly $100,000 worth of production resources and airtime to promote the work of WHS. Comcast will produce a series of 5-minute reports to air on CNN Headline News Comcast Local Edition and provide airtime to run four 30-second adoptions public service announcements-produced by the Howard University Film Organization-across the Comcast cable network. Comcast will also showcase adoptable WHS shelter animals on Comcast's On Demand service beginning later this month.

"This will make a big difference in the lives of the thousands animals we protect and care for," says WHS Executive Director Howard Nelson. "In terms of finding animals homes, On Demand animal listings will be a really important and helpful innovation. On Comcast our message of adopting and caring for animals will reach thousands of people, and it will help us pursue our Good Home Guarantee, a plan to find a home for every adoptable animal in our shelter. If WHS were to purchase the airtime, it would cost us well over $90,000. That sort of generosity sets a lot of tails wagging and a lot of cats purring!"

"Comcast is excited to enter into this new partnership with the Washington Humane Society," said Tony Hollinger, Comcast of the District Vice President and General Manager. "Leveraging our products and services in a way that allows organizations like WHS to reach the community is just one way that Comcast connects residents of the District with what's important in their lives," he added.

Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.4 million cable customers, 8.5 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.3 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. Comcast Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively.

The Washington Humane Society works to prevent cruelty to animals by enforcing animal protection laws, offering humane educations classes in D.C. schools, and providing shelter to homeless and abused animals of all sorts. Each year, the Washington Humane Society cares for nearly 11,000 animals and responds to 19,190 calls for help.

 


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